AanjeloSalgado Lol. I posted it on Reddit at the same time as here. But my post got merged with this post which just links to my Reddit post.
Essential Space currently has a usage limit
Woah, this is news for me as well. Not sure why the limit thing was not clarified by the nothing team right from the start. 
Given this is a beta product and there’s so many AI credit-based systems, it’s one thing to chop this up to bring a snafu in them not thinking anyone would reach a limit.
However, on the heels of the leaks insinuating that there will be a subscription tied to Essential Space, this is just damning and added fuel to the fire.
I’m a couple days away from my return window on my 3a Pro. It’s a solid device, but there are compromises for the price, of course. However, a compromise on a button that has no/limited functionality without a monthly fee to use? Nah, I’ll pass.
You just took all the joy out of my Phone 3a. 
JustRoss True, and they could use deepseek to run local so it could be ressource-consuming but free forever!
The least thing Nothing should’ve done would be pointing the limitation prior buying, but it’s nowhere mentioned on the product page, not even all the way down in the fine prints.
Curious how they will react to this, they made the Essential Space a key feature of the (3a) series, having a monthly limit without talking about it in advance, would be a real bad move.
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UPDATE FROM THE REDDIT OP (ME): It started working again.
Was it a bug? Did they see the post and upped the quota? Did they see the post and remove the quota? Or was today the renewal date? Guess we’ll never know
AanjeloSalgado Welcome to the real world. This is how they earn. It’s all a game of PR. Nothing is no exception, no matter how much they claim they’re different from the rest of the brands. It’s a harsh truth, just accept it and don’t expect anything from Nothing. Or, fight Legally.
Do Nothing have a stance on refunds for the 3a series for this
Massive bait and switch and we’ll be left with a useless button if we don’t want to pay extra.
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Even if nothing have any subscription idea about ES, tbh gonna refund my 3a pro rn. 
- Best Answerset by Rob ⚡️
AanjeloSalgado It’s been encouraging to see so many people using Essential Space since the Phone (3a) Series launch. As a result, we’ve increased the initial usage cap to a level that will comfortably accommodate the vast majority of users. Essential Space is a new feature that we’re incredibly excited about, and we are focused on refining the experience based on user feedback.
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Rob 
so you confirm there is a limit, can you please provide whare this limit was mentioned before in your documentation?
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Rob Nothing 100% needs to make this button remappable and also have more transparency around this. I will not be buying a 3a Pro until this is sorted out. I appreciate you guys raising the cap, but that’s a bandaid over a more glaring problem. The lack of initial communication about this is and even BIGGER problem again. It shouldn’t have taken people reaching the cap for this to become a discussion - it makes many of us lose a bit of faith in this company.
This Essential Key fiasco is turning into a mess
At least let us disable the button…
If you disable all the Essential stuff via ADB the button still wakes the phone… annoying
Oops it will be a paid button soon. 
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I always thought it was customary in polite society to say the terms of a deal in advance. Apparently not.
Planning to upgrade to 3A from 1. This is such a turn off. If the button is remappable, at least then it’s useful.